[murphE]

Part of the reason why we don't have this problem is that men are held responsible for the conduct of the services. Only men may be ordained even to the lowest order of "reader," and only boys may be altar servers and go into the altar

This is the same in traditional Roman Catholic chapels (at least the SSPX) and the chapels are filled with men as well.

[Agrarian]

I attended a weekday evening mass out of curiosity during my Anglican days at a SSPX parish in San Antonio. I chatted with the young priest for quite a while afterwards in his rectory. I was favorably impressed with the seriousness of the people there and the atmosphere, compared to anything I had before seen in "regular" Catholicism.

In one sense, the SSPX is farther away from Orthodoxy than is Vat II Catholicism because the latter has made so many compromises to try to achieve union with us. But this is deceptive, since it is not so much saying that it has changed to be in agreement with us as it is to saying that differences don't matter.

But in the sense of praxis, the SSPX, from my limited experience, has a liturgical sense that is much closer to Orthodoxy.

And I did notice the many men there -- it was about 50-50, unlike most Catholic parishes, where men in my experience are a distinct minority.